Industries

Quantum Computing in Action

Quantum computing will move business, science, and government forward in unprecedented ways by solving problems that are too complex for today’s computational systems. By partnering with visionary industry leaders, we hope to be the first to demonstrate how quantum computing will make an indelible mark on the world.

Defense

Systems validation and operational planning for national defense are incredibly complex challenges. Quantum computing could be a powerful new tool for defense contractors and governments in support of their mission to ensure national security.

Applications

Mission planning and logistics

Systems validation and verification

Pattern recognition and anomaly detection

Network science and graph theory applications

Cyber security

National Labs

National labs are key contributors to advancing knowledge and ensuring peace and security through the development and application of cutting-edge science and technology. Quantum computing can complement the supercomputers these labs depend on, by solving complex problems that can’t be solved today.

Applications

Optimization problems

Graph theory problems

Material science

Electronic structure problems

Theoretical and experimental physics

Machine learning

Web

The Internet has had an enormous impact on our everyday lives. Using the Web to advance humanity’s greatest challenges requires radical new approaches like quantum computing.

Applications

Image and pattern recognition

Machine learning

Communication

Advanced search

Cyber security

Finance

When time is money, every microsecond counts. Quantum computing will become a significant competitive force in an industry where faster knowledge is power.

Applications

Risk modeling

Trading strategies

Detecting market instabilities

Developing trading strategies

Optimizing trading trajectories

Optimizing asset pricing and hedging

Optimizing portfolios​

Healthcare

Advances in healthcare, including personalized medicine and cancer research, increasingly depend on technology. Quantum computers will aid in this important research by being able to find better solutions among a vast number of options.

Applications

Optimizing radiotherapy treatments

Generating targeted cancer drug therapies

Creating protein models

Universities

University research advances knowledge, science, and technology. In collaboration with industry, many universities will have access to D-Wave technology.

Applications

Climate modeling

Bioinformatics

Weather predictions

Exploring quantum computing

Energy

The global need for energy continues to increase, and new cost-effective energy sources and processes must be developed. Optimizing energy delivery and usage, and exploring new energy sources depend on complex optimization, well-suited to quantum computers.